• Exclusive Interview: Steve Ballmer on His Retirement as Microsoft CEO – Steve Ballmer tells the Wall Street Journal that his retirement was his own decision. He knew Microsoft had to change, and his board was pushing him to change faster. He figured his presence would only slow things down. Long, but worth your time
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• Reports of overheating chargers halt HP Chromebook 11 sales – HP’s super-cheap Chromebook vanishes from Best Buy store shelves and online outlets. Apparently overheating power adapters are to blame. • Our Government Has Weaponized the Internet. Here’s How They Did It – The NSA has developed a “man on the side” attack that can
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• Early Xbox One delivery reveals 500MB initial update, 17 second startup — then banned – Target ships pre-order Xbox Ones too early. One buyer set his up, put it through some paces, then was banned from the Xbox network. And Your new Xbox One won’t do much without the day one patch • Exploits
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• Android for all and the new Nexus 5 and Nexus 5 available on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile but not on Verizon, to sell in carrier stores too – Google makes the LG Nexus 5 official, selling for $349 unlocked on the Google Play store. It runs Android 4.4 KitKat, which also is now available, but
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• Source: Comcast Launching HBO Broadband Bundle Aimed at Netflix – It’s a combo of basic cable with an HBO/HBO Go subscription, video on demand and Comcast’s own streaming service, targeting cord cutters. But it starts at $40 a month and ends up as high as $80. Checking on whether it will be available in
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• Nexus 5 listing appears in the Play Store, teases 16GB for $349 – Google’s next Nexus phone briefly shows up on the Play Store, though a link with it doesn’t work. The image has since been yanked. • Google Tops Estimates, but Prices of Ads Slide – Google also finds the move to mobile
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• Windows 8.1 now available! – Windows 8 users can now go to the Windows Store and get version 8.1 for free. Those who’ve been using preview versions know it fixes many of the complaints users had about Win8, including bringing back a version of the Start button. Also What’s new in Windows 8.1 and
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• Apple Will Hold Fall iPad Event on October 22 – AllThingsD’s sources say Apple’s new iPads will be unveiled during a press event later this month. The Mac Pro and OS X Mavericks will also be touted. • Office for iPad: U Can’t touch this (yet) – Ballmer – Office for iPad is coming,
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• For 2nd Generation of Surface, Tweaks From Microsoft – Microsoft offers better battery life for the Surface Pro 2, and a lower price for the Surface 2, which replaces the original Surface RT. The Surface 2 will sell for $449, the Pro 2 for $899, available Oct. 22. And Surface 2 declassified: How Microsoft
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